MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.66,-101.46 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 1 950 549 SFC 908 946 27.1 20.0 65 7.1 21.9 189 10 308.6 311.7 298.4 358.4 16.41 3 900 1027 24.5 19.3 73 5.2 20.8 190 11 306.8 309.7 297.6 354.5 15.85 4 850 1525 19.3 18.0 92 1.4 18.4 193 12 306.4 309.3 297.3 352.8 15.45 5 800 2049 19.8 12.6 63 7.2 15.0 293 13 312.3 314.5 296.1 347.8 11.53 6 750 2604 17.9 4.7 42 13.2 10.0 344 8 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.6 7.17 7 700 3190 14.7 -3.8 28 18.5 5.1 323 10 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.2 4.12 8 650 3810 9.3 -3.6 40 12.9 2.7 306 14 319.5 320.4 292.8 334.1 4.51 9 600 4466 3.3 -7.0 47 10.3 -1.6 304 17 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.2 3.76 10 550 5163 -3.4 -10.4 58 7.0 -6.4 304 18 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.4 3.14 11 500 5907 -9.8 -22.2 36 12.4 -13.5 309 21 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.5 1.29 12 450 6712 -14.3 -41.5 8 27.2 -18.8 309 38 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.22 13 400 7593 -20.5 -48.9 6 28.4 -23.9 299 42 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.8 0.11 14 350 8567 -26.8 -57.2 4 30.3 -29.3 314 48 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 15 300 9662 -33.7 -60.6 5 26.9 -35.3 318 62 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.04 16 250 10923 -41.0 -62.3 8 21.2 -42.0 325 81 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12405 -50.3 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.7 315 67 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14234 -61.0 -80.7 6 19.7 -61.2 300 31 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16699 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 197 3 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.58 m Freezing level: 575.51 mb = 4807.52 m = 15772.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.95 mb = 4211.28 m = 13816.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.08 mb = 1845.13 m = 6053.51 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 26.21 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.80 mb = 3240.42 m = 10631.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.70 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 27.80 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1824.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.27 mb = 1917.26 m = 6290.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.27 mb = 4101.77 m = 13457.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.27 mb = 12167.55 m = 39919.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1823.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.27 mb = 16272.56 m = 53387.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 24.78 Bulk Shear: 73.65 m/s